Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

Mastercard • Toronto, ON

1d • CA$109,000 - CA$158,000

About The Position

The FP&A function manages all aspects of management reporting, encompassing budgeting and forecasting, strategic and customer planning. This includes the management and execution of the corporate reporting and planning requirements. This position is responsible for supporting the Director and Vice President across a broad spectrum of strategic processes and initiatives while managing and executing the day-to-day business reporting and planning requirements.

Requirements

• Chartered Accountant or CPA or MBA, with advanced knowledge and experience with all phases of financial planning and management. 7+ years of experience
• Good knowledge of Business Intelligence tools and experience with financial systems/applications (e.g. Hyperion and Oracle)
• Strong analytical and proven problem solving skills
• Self-motivated with a proven track record of delivering success while operating in a team environment.
• Ability to deliver results in a fast-paced environment with a sense of urgency and accuracy
• Ability to manage multiple activities of different nature in a condensed timeframe
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Broad understanding of all the different areas of finance
• Good understanding of reporting, forecasting and budgeting techniques.
• Strong strategic thinking and business understanding.
• Strong relationship management and networking skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the financial close process through the analysis of P&L variances against budget, forecasts, prior year actuals, key business drivers, and initiatives.
• Implement and maintain processes to ensure effective and timely generation of forecasts and budgets.
• Provides financial insights to leadership, leveraging an advanced understanding of budgeting and forecasting at detailed levels; assists in creating the quarterly review and CEO deck.
• Support the development of the business plans and work to develop the annual plan and budget process. Also be responsible for incorporating accurate data upload into the Hyperion budgeting and forecasting tool.
• Generate pertinent performance information and analysis on key P&L drivers. Identify and communicate risks and opportunities.
• Support the Preparation of management reporting packages and financial presentations for Regional Management and other ad-hoc business reviews.
• Respond promptly to ad-hoc requests for information and analysis. Develops and/or continues improvement in corporate financial analysis and reporting.
• Supports business partners to ensure alignment with targets; performs variance analysis to deliver and articulate arguments in an effective manner.
• Assists with strategy and process improvements related to budgeting, forecasting, systems and other key areas; proactively identifies ways to improve processes and executes agreed upon improvements.
• Influences and negotiates with the respective Regional/product teams who may have divergent objectives in relation to their respective business P&L. This involves challenging their assumptions to direct and shape their submissions.
• Ensures that Finance is closely integrated with, and positively supports the business providing managers at all levels with the necessary information to make good business decisions; works with the management team in the development and implementation of short and medium term strategic and tactical plans and provide the financial input required to that process.

Benefits

• competitive pay based on location, experience and other qualifications for the role
• may be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager